Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept.

A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the drop of a hat.

I forever felt that I've fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of classic rock 'n' roll and too old to be brand-new. It's hard.

The ones that love us least, are the ones we'll die to please.

The soul of rock 'n' roll is mistakes, and making mistakes work for you. The people who shy away from mistakes and play it safe have no business playing rock 'n' roll.

Stick with your heart and you'll be fine.

Nobody can miss you unless you go away.

It's fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it's still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I'm still 15. I still enjoy that as much as I ever did.

The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.

I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore.

People like to see human error when it’s honest. When people see you swing and miss, they start to root for you.

My friends love me terribly, and their grief will be a screaming storm if I die.

Follow reason, but don’t ignore that gut feeling.

In every tear there is a melting sorrow, in every laughter a flaming joy

No one ever thinks about what the hell is going to happen 25 years from now.

The secret to my success is practice!

To become young again would seem to me an appalling prospect. Youth is a kind of delirium, which can be cured, if it is ever cured at all, by years of painful treatment.

When there are elections, people tend to vote for peace. They don't vote for war. So Americans want to promote those principles around the world.

Every award for me is important because it means a slap against militarism and fascism in Indonesia.

God is predictably unpredictable.

I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases. It's the law.